Vedānta

This article is about the Hindu philosophy. For the mining and minerals group, see Vedanta Resources and for the university, see Vedanta University. Vedanta (Devanagari: , ) is a school of philosophy within Hinduism dealing with the nature of reality. The word Vedanta is a compound of veda "knowledge" and anta "end, conclusion", translating to "the culmination of knowledge". An alternative reading is of anta as "essence", "core", or "inside", rendering the term "Vedānta": "the essence of the Vedas". Vedānta is also called Uttara Mimamsa, or the 'latter' or 'higher enquiry', and is often paired with Purva Mimamsa, the 'former enquiry'. Pūrva Mimamsa, usually simply called Mimamsa, deals with explanations of the fire-sacrifices of the Vedic mantras (in the Samhita portion of the Vedas) and Brahmanas, while Vedanta explicates the esoteric teachings of the Āraṇyakas (the "forest scriptures"), and the Upanishads, composed from ca. the 6th century BCE until modern times.
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